Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases

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Is furas clach fhaotain gu tilg air cut.
260 Is fearr an t ok a chluintin no f haicin.
Is eigin do 'n fhèumach a bhi falbhach.
Isdiombuan gach cois air thir gun colas.
Is beag an deire nach fearr no 'n ^uradh.
Is fearr a bhi cinnte no bhi cailte.
^65 Is duilich bo chuir air laogh, is a gaol air gamhain.
Is feird bra breacadh, gun a brifeadh. (»)
Is mairg a ni droch cleachduin.
Is e-ath philieadh na ceathairnc 's meafe.
Is beag a ghearainis finn ge mor a duiligeas flnn.
270 Is binn gach èun na dhoire fhèin.
Is gearr gach reachd ach riagbuilt Dhè.
Is mairg a chuireadh uile dhoidh, an aon duine cha
'n deo na chrc.
Is leis a ghobhain fuighil ell.
'S leis an leigh falach a lamh.
J S leis a bhard a fheangaidh fèin.
? S leis an t faor a fhlifeag bhàn.
Is fad 'anèigh a Locha, is cobhair o chlan O Duibh-
' ne. (v)
275 Is fuarrach an cairdeas a dh' fheumas a cheanach-
trie.
Is i 'n dias is truime is ilfe chumas a ceann.
Is tearc teangaidh mhin gun ghath air a cul.
f«) A quern is a hand-mill ufed of old to grind com.
(v) The Campbells, a great and numerous clan, are
called the children of Duina, from Diarmad O Duibhne,
i. e. Diarmed the fon of Duina, their anceftor, one of Fin-
gars heroes. There is an ancient poem upon the death of
Diarmed, who was killed at a boar hunting at Binn, a
Ghulbain in Glen-Shee in Perthfhire, on the great road
leading from Perth to Fort-George ; on the top of the hill.